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February 28 - March 15, 2008 |
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A Weekend Zen Retreat in Bailin Temple in Hebei
Saturday-Sunday, March 1-2 |
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 A Weekend Zen Retreat in a Temple
Saturday, March 1 & 2
The peaceful and secluded temple is an ideal retreat to begin the journey to know one' s self. Spend a weekend in the temple and learn about "the art of life" and listen to the monks interpret Zen into simple stories that we can use in daily life. >>> more |
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Tying Chinese Knots: Longevity Knots
Sunday, March.2, 14:00-16:30
Learn to make the auspicious knots from CCC folk artists Ms Wang, and work out your own knots (knots, butterfly or lily shoes, and other patterns of crafts), and hang them up on your neck or your handbag. >>> more |
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Gaiwan Green Tea and Pu'er Tea
Tuesday, March 4, 19:30-21:00
Come and learn how to steep green tea with Gaiwan (lid cups) and then learn to brew Puer tea from Yunnan using earthen tools. >>> more |
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Painting Class (in Shunyi)
Tuesday, Mar.4-25, 10:00-12:00
Chinese ink & water painting is a thousand-year tradition, and the xieyi style (free-hand) is one of the most unique style of Chinese painting. The CCCC painting course is specially designed for expatriates. >>> more |
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Tour: Eunuch Tombs, Mural and Temples
Tuesday, Mar.4, 09:00-14:00
CCC takes you to explore two obscure and fascinating sites. Tucked away in the mountains in the west suburb, the Eunuch tombs and temple complex remain authentic and peaceful. >>> more |
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Lecture: Traditional & Contemporary Chinese New Year Paintings
Wednesday, March 5, 19:30-21:30
Pu Songnian, professor of China Fine Art Academy, will give a talk on traditional and contemporary Chinese folk paintings, focusing on folk New Year paintings, from ancient times to Cultural Revolution period and present days. >>> more |
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Tour: Underground City & Urban Planning Museum
Wednesday, Mar.5, 14:30-17:30
Visit one of the best museums in Beijing - Urban City Planning Exhibition Hall to learn Beijing's past, present and future; and then head to Beijing Underground City near Qianmen, where these tunnels are dark, damp, and genuinely eerie >>> more |
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Taichi class (in Shunyi)
Thursdays, Mar.6-27, 10:00-11:30
The class are instructed by master who speak excelent English and have experience in teaching Westerners. ground by the lake of Chaoyang Park near the western gate. >>> more |
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Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
Thursday, Mar.6, 09:00-18:30
Mutianyu is a famous section of the Great Wall, and it is not so commercialized but also a moderate section (not so physically demanding). Ming Tombs is the largest and well preserved imperial tomb complex with over 500 years >>> more |
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Traditional Chinese Diet Therapy: prepare your body for spring
Thursday, March 6, 10:00-12:00
Are you feeling a bit lethargic from the Spring fever? Do you know what types of food you should be eating in Spring to keep your energy(Qi) in-balance? Learn simple diet therapies based on TCM principles, with cooking demo and tasting! >>> more |
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Cookery Class: Zha Jiang Mian Noodle
Thursday, March 6, 19:30-21:00
Zhajiang mian (literally "fried sauce noodles") is a northern Chinese dish consisting of thick wheat noodles topped with a mixture of ground pork stir-fried with soy sauce. Come learn the Beijing style of Zhajiangmian with CCC cook. >>> more |
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Peking Opera: Movements & Gestures
Friday, March 7, 10:00-12:00
CCC will invite professional actors of Peking opera to introduce you to the complexity of this famous art. They will play some important scenes a teacher will tell you what their gestures and the use of their voices mean. >>> more |
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Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
Friday, Mar.7, 09:00-12:30
The 3.5-hour guided walk will provide informative and real explanation, covering not only the history, city planning, architectural details & symbols, fengshui of Tiananmen Square and the palace, but also the the life and fate of emperors and eunuchs >>> more |
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Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour
Friday, Mar.7, 14:00-16:20
Go to the peaceful hutongs (alleys) and courtyard houses in Beijing Xuanwu District, learn the real life of Beijingers in the neighborhood , get into their homes for a chat, check out a kindergarden with lovely kids; see an old opera houses >>> more |
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Mahjong Workshop
Saturday, March 8, 14:30-16:30
Come learn or practise this most popular games in China and rest of Asia. CCC boasts to let you grasp this game skills and immediately begin to play independently within one hour. If you are not a beginner >>> more |
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Ancient City Xi An (Terracotta Warriors)
Mar.7 eve.-9
Take 2 days trip to visit the famous Terracotta Warrior Site; Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Museum; Great Mosque and Muslim Street; Wild Goose Pagoda, etc. >>> more |
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Day-Trip: CockCrow Post Town (Ji Ming Yi)
Saturday,Mar.8,09:00-18:00
Cockcrow Post Town (Ji Ming Yi or Station of Rooster Crows) was recently listed for the second time by World Monuments Fund (WMF) in the 2006 World Monuments Watch List of world 100 most endangered sites. (It was firstly listed by WMF in 2004). The >>> more |
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Tour: Chinese Ethnic Costumes Museum
Tuesday, Mar.11, 09:30-12:00
Check with the expert about antique costumes from 55 minority ethnics all over China, including traditional clothing, such as Dong people's silver head dresses, Mongolian boots, court and wedding costumes, and rural wears; and a variety of accessorie >>> more |
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5-session Ancient Chinese History Lectures
Tuesday & Thursday, Mar.11-25, 19:30-21:30
These lectures will covers from the beginning of human activities in China to 1840, on the eve of the Opium War. The lectures will be in English. >>> more |
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Tour: Writer Lu Xun's Residence & Museum
Tuesday, Mar.11, 14:00-17:00
Go to visit Lu Xun's Museum and Former Residence with CCC, and learn the legendary story of this Father of Modern Chinese Literature. Mr. Huang, researcher of Lu Xun, will guide us through the tour. >>> more |
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Lecture: Deities in Taoism
Wednesday, Mar.12, 19:30-21:30
CCC invites guest speaker Wang Yier, who is the chief editor of China Taoism, official journal of China Taoism Association, and author of "China Taoism" both published in China and abroad in different languages. >>> more |
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Cookery Class: Longevity Peach Pastry & Shaomai
Thursday, Mar.13, 19:00-21:00
Shoutao ( peach style longevity pastry) and other colorful breads of various shapes are usually made at the Chinese New Year or for the elderly's birthday. Come and learn them with CCC chef. >>> more |
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Day-trip: Stone Scripture Mountain & Cloud-dwelling Temple
Thursday, Mar.13, 09:30-16:30
CCC guides you to the Stone Script Hills, listed as national heritage site, is nestled in the Clouds Dwelling Monastery where huge selections of Buddhist script engraved on the steles were unearthed. Some examples are being exhibited. >>> more |
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Walk: Temple of Heaven
Friday, Mar.14,10:00-12:00
Temple of Heaven is the largest religious imperial complex in the old outer city of Beijing for worshipping and offering sacrifiaces to the god of heaven, and has been considered the supreme achievement of traditional Chinese architecture. >>> more |
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Beijing Walk: Summer Palace
Friday,Mar.14,14:00-16:30
The Summer Palace is an imperial garden mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. Three quarters of the garden is water and rest are a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures. >>> more |
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Datong Trip (Grottoes & Hanging Monastery)
Mar.14 eve.-16
Join this weekend tour to see the second-largest of the nearly 51,000 sandstone statues of Buddha in 53 Yungang grottoes. Buddhist cave art began here in Datong, 160 miles west of Beijing, in the fifth century, by Xianbei minority, which ruled North >>> more |
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Tour: East Qing Tombs in Hebei
Satureday, Mar.15,9am-6am
Visit the largest tomb complex in the world guided by professor Zhao Tiesheng. The Qing Tombs, listed by the UNESCO as World Heritage Site much earlier than Ming Tombs, is the imperial grave complex which houses most of Ming and Qing emperors, empres >>> more |
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Hands-on: Make Traditional kites
Sunday, March.16, 14:00-16:00
Learn to make traditional Chinese kites with a famous kite master Mr. Zhang. Various types of kites will be explained and appreciated, and then you have a chance to try your hand at one special Beijing style of "sand swallow", and painting >>> more |
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Hands-on: Make Traditional kites
Sunday, March.16, 10:00-12:00
Learn to make traditional Chinese kites with a famous kite master Mr. Zhang. Various types of kites will be explained and appreciated, and then you have a chance to try your hand at one special Beijing style of "sand swallow", and painting >>> more |
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Contemporary Chinese History (1840-1949)
Mondays & Fridays, April 17-28, 10:00-12:00
Professor Terri I-Chuan Wu, will give a 4-session lectures on Contemporary History and Civilization of China, from 1840, the Opium War to 1949, establishment of People's Republic of China. The lectures will be in English. >>> more |
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Foot Reflexology Course
Tuesdays & Thursdays, Mar.18-27, 19:30-21:30
4-session foot reflexology course will be instructed by licensed traditional Chinese physician therapist. English narration. Each class is small group with adequate practical exercises. >>> more |
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Beijing Walk: Peking University Campus and Museum
Tuesday, Mar.18, 10:00-13:30
Very few ex-pats are aware that the campus of Peking University is as beautiful as an imperial garden. Take a stroll through its grounds, where you can see traditional houses, lakes, pagodas and the famous Arthur M.Sackler Museum of Art. >>> more |
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Book Club: Book Report
Wednesday, March 19, 10:30-12:00
For this month, we will discuss many books. Each participant should choose their own China-related book and share information about the book with others. Choose fiction or non-fiction, historical or modern, prose or poetry - whatever interests you! >>> more |
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7 Days Yunnan: Dali, Lijiang & Shangri-La
Mar.20-26
Dreamland Yunnan is famed for its beautiful landscapes and colourful and diverse ethnic cultures. Enjoy the famous ancient town Dali and Lijiang, UNESCO's World Heritage Site, its surronding Jade Dragon Snow Mountains, then tour Tibetan inhabited Sha >>> more |
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Great Wall Mutianyu & Ming Tombs
Thursday, Mar.20, 09:00-18:30
Mutianyu is a famous section of the Great Wall, and it is not so commercialized but also a moderate section (not so physically demanding). Ming Tombs is the largest and well preserved imperial tomb complex with over 500 years >>> more |
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Hakka Earthen Round Buildings
Mar.21-23
Get to know Fujian province, the southeastern end of China's mainland facing Taiwan across the strait. Xiamen, beautiful seaport city with Gulangyu Island; then dirve into the villages in the mountains south and west of Fujian for the magical earthen >>> more |
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Walk: Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square
Friday,Mar.21, 09:00-12:30
The 3.5-hour guided walk will provide informative and real explanation, covering not only the history, city planning, architectural details & symbols, fengshui of Tiananmen Square and the palace, but also the the life and fate of emperors and eunuchs >>> more |
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Xuanwu Hutong & Courtyard Houses Pedicab Tour
Friday, Mar.21, 14:00-16:20
Go to the peaceful hutongs (alleys) and courtyard houses in Beijing Xuanwu District, learn the real life of Beijingers in the neighborhood , get into their homes for a chat, check out a kindergarden with lovely kids; see an old opera houses >>> more |
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Yunnan's Yuanyang (Hani Rice Terrace) & Jianshui Town
March 21-24, 2008
Yuanyang, southeast of Yunnan, is renowned for its rice terraces crafted out by bare hands by the Hani people since one thousand years ago and even today, the world largest nature wonder. Luoping is famous for its blossoming of rapeseed flowers. >>> more |
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Pingyao--Raise the red lanterns
Mar.21 eve.-23
Listed as UNESCO Heritage Site, this exotic ancient city and city walls bring you back to the history and the atmosphere and environment like the Europeans back to the Middle Age Europe, and the awesome walls and carvings of the Wang Family Residence >>> more |
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Day-trip: Dule Temple and Mount.Pan Shan of Tianjin
Saturday, Mar.22, 08:30-18:00
If you are thinking of a one-day excursion out of Beijing, it is a good idea to try Tianjin suburb's two famous attractions, Dule (du le, or Solitary Joy) Temple in Jixian county and Panshan Mountain 12 kilometres northwest of Jixian. >>> more |
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Weekend tour: Wuyi Mountains & River and Rock Tea
Mar.28 eve.-30
The Wuyi Mountains in north Fujian of Southeast of China entered UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1999, both natural and cultural. A bamboo rafting tour of the 9,500-meter-long Nine-Bend Stream is a spiritual or therapeutic experience. >>> more |
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Back-Street Beijing Walking Tour(4)-Xisi
Saturday, Mar.29, 14:30-18:00
Stroll in the old cultural streets at Wusi & Wenjin Street, and others, and view the Red Mansion of old Peking University,Wenjin Street, old palaces of Beijing library, and the "Northern Cathedral of Beijing" >>> more |
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Tianjin Historical Architecture Tour
Sunday, Mar.30, 07:30-18:00
This is a unique cultural tour guided by curator from Tianjin Historical Architecture Museum, exploring the old colonial districts and areas of six European countries >>> more |
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Sichuan Wolong Pandas and Leshan Giant Buddha
Apr.4-6
Visit the Panda center at Wolong Natural Reserve, taking photos with the giant Pandas or even holding a panda; visit the famous Le Shan Giant Buddha, world's largest Buddha statue in the World >>> more |
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3-day Western Guizhou: Waterfall & Miao People
Apr.4-6
Hidden amongst jagged karst mountains, misty waterfalls and undulating hills, Guizhou is a gem hidden under layers of gorgeous scenery, and with each step, a new vista emerges... >>> more |
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Bucolic Wuyuan & Ceramics Capital Jingdezhen
Apr.4 eve.-6
Wuyuan is a historical township surrounded by untouched ancient villages. We will visit two villages which boasts breathtaking natural scenery, well-maintained ancient houses and special folk customs. Then drive to Jingdezhen >>> more |
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Contempoary Chinese History (1949-2003)
Mondays & Saturdays, April 7-18, 10:00-12:00
Professor Terri I-Chuan Wu, will give a 4-session lectures on Contemporary History and Civilization of China, from 1949, the establishment of People's Repulic of China to 2003. The lectures will be in English. >>> more |
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Contempoary Chinese History (1949-2003)
Tuesday & Thursday, April 8-17, 19:30-21:30
Professor Terri I-Chuan Wu, will give a 4-session lectures on Contemporary History and Civilization of China, from 1949, the establishment of People's Repulic of China to 2003. The lectures will be in English. >>> more |
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Guilin, Yangshuo & Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces
Apr.10-13
The town of Yangshuo is a backpacker's paradise. Just over an hour south of Guilin, Yangshuo, with its natural scenery and laid back air, is a great escape from the gray and pollution of China's big cities >>> more |
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